Lewis Arlen "Buzz" Schulte

Lewis Arlen "Buzz" Schulte

Resident of Reno

Died at home on Dec. 18th after a brief illness from cancer. Born on Mar. 4,1935, in San Francisco to Louis and Sue Schulte, Buzz graduated from Los Gatos H.S. and earned a B.S. in B.A. from the Univ. of San Francisco. A real estate developer, he was President of Santa Clara Co. Homebuilders Assn. and a life member of Nat'l Homebuilders Assn. He was active in civic affairs and was Chairman of SJ Sports Authority, a member of CA. Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Pres. Of 50+ Sr. Fitness Org., Founding member of Inner-City Games of S.C. Co. for at-risk youth. Buzz sponsored golf tournaments to benefit Special Olympics, assisted in bringing the S. J. Arena to fruition and spent the past decade helping friends of Bill W. in San Jose and Reno.

Buzz was an avid race walker and was Chair of World Cup of Race Walking ('91). He was on his high school and college golf teams and this interest led to his Presidency of San Jose CC and Chairman of Board or Saratoga CC. He was a member of the Prospector's Club of Reno.

Buzz is survived by his wife of 36 years, Bonnie; 3 daughters, Lisa Topp, Sue Marin and Bonnie Hargrove; 2 step-children, Leslie Haywood and Jeff Haywood and 12 grandchildren. Memorial services will be on 1/8/11 at 2 p.m. at Center for Spiritual Living, 400 W. Franklin, Monterey, CA. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be sent to Salvation Army "ARC", 702 W. Taylor, San Jose, CA, 95126.